Does Le Pliage Help or Hurt the Longchamp Luxury Brand?
Longchamp’s Le Pliage is one of the fashion world’s most successful products, a cultural icon across the globe. But managing the low priced, nylon handbag is challenging as Longchamp tries to move its...
22 Aug 201718min
Pal’s Sudden Service: Taking Fast Food to the Next Level
Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the fast food restaurant business. With an emphasis on process control, zero errors, and extensive employee tr...
8 Aug 201718min
From Don Draper to Big Data: The Revolution in Advertising
Advertising in the digital age bears little resemblance to the "Mad Men" depiction -- the Don Drapers of advertising have been replaced by big data and the people who work with it. Harvard Business Sc...
21 Jul 201723min
ShotSpotter: A Gunfire Detection Business Looks for a New Market
ShotSpotter provides gunfire detection sensors to cities across the United States. CEO Ralph Clark is interested in taking the company beyond the business-to-government sales model and into new servic...
19 Jun 201716min
Building India’s First $100 Billion Company
It’s a common challenge for almost every startup: how much and how fast to grow. But Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of the Indian mobile payments and commerce platform Paytm, knows that he wants to tak...
30 Mai 201714min
Reversing the Losing Streak on Sesame Street
When CEO Jeffrey Dunn took over Sesame Street in 2014 and made a licensing arrangement with HBO, many people were skeptical this would take the program in the right direction. But with a new mission t...
16 Mai 201718min
Leading Your Team to the Top of Mt. Everest
What does it take to successfully lead a team to the top of the highest peak in the world? First-year students find out as they participate together in, "Everest: A Leadership and Team Simulation." Ha...
2 Mai 201710min
Making Health Insurance Consumers Actually Like
Health insurance that consumers like? Doesn’t sound possible, but South African company Vitality is doing just that. By focusing on consumer-driven health insurance ideas like paying customers to take...
18 Apr 201715min
